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Hobbledehoy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A gawky adolescent boy.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. An awkward adolescent boy.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow .

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A stripling; a youth in the half-formed age preceding manhood; a raw, awkward youth.

n. A large unmanageable top.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. an awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy

Word Usage

"When Grandpa wasnt a grandpa and was just instead a small-fry, hobbledehoy boy blowing out thirteen dripping candles on a lopsided cake, his savvy hit him hard and suddenjust like it did to fish that day of the backyard birthday party and the hurricaneand the entire state of Idaho got made."

Equivalent

hobbletehoy

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

young person younker youth spring chicken

Form

hobbledehoyhood

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